From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Keith Duthie Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 03:33:41 +0000 Subject: Re: good (and free) mp3 encoders? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 24 May 1999, Michael Stutz wrote: > On Tue, 25 May 1999, Keith Duthie wrote: > > > Bladeenc is going to be released with source[1] if and when some patent > > issues are dealt with. > > Do you know when this might happen, and if the source code will be open > source/free software when it is released? Unless I missed it, the Bladeenc > site doesn't seem to mention anything about this. Apparently it's just waiting on the patent issues. The source will be available under a Free license (although I think the reason he can't do GPL or LGPL is because of patents). Read the site I mentioned for more details. Under news in the bladeenc section. It's a long section. -- Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you *want* to get the point? http://www.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O-